robotic advancements Quotes

I read a fair amount [of science fiction], and you know it was certainly inspirational. I have to pinch myself to think that we might be able to make some of [what I've read in science fiction books] come true.

Robots are important also. If I don my pure-scientist hat, I would say just send robots; I'll stay down here and get the data. But nobody's ever given a parade for a robot. Nobody's ever named a high school after a robot. So when I don my public-educator hat, I have to recognize the elements of exploration that excite people. It's not only the discoveries and the beautiful photos that come down from the heavens; it's the vicarious participation in discovery itself.

But I will say this: When the scientists of the future show up at my house with robot eyes and they tell me to try them on, I will tell the scientists to screw off, because I do not want to see a world without him.

There are an endless number of things to discover about robotics. A lot of it is just too fantastic for people to believe.

We live in a science fiction universe. We have done for a long time.

Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch.

A good science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its science content.